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...Asia borders4.png|thumb|250px|Map of '''Central Asia''' showing three sets of possible [[Eurasia]]n boundaries for the region]] ...(1918–1991). Central Asian SSRs declared independence in 1991. In terms of area, it is nearly synonymous with [[Russian Turkestan]], the name for the

|office = [[Astana|Mayor of Astana]] |office2 = [[Defence Minister of Kazakhstan|Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan]]

...y]]. By 2011, Kazakhstan was considered to be the world's largest producer of uranium.<ref name="MerkelSchipek2011">{{cite book|last1=Merkel|first1=Brode ...5% of the world's uranium, and in 2011, Kazakhstan was responsible for 35% of world production. There are 17 uranium mines in the country, however, maxim

...sing the northern part of the [[Caspian Sea]], the largest enclosed [[body of water]] on [[Earth]].<ref>{{cite web }}</ref> It is the larger northern part of the wider [[Aral-Caspian Depression]] around the [[Aral Sea|Aral]] and Casp

...Eurasia over the past 130,000 years. Edited by A.A. Svitoch. GEOS. Moscow. Russia. 2002. ISBN 5-89118-268-8</ref> Catastrophic events during the epoch are th =={{anchor|History of investigation}}Research history==

[[Image:caspianseamap.png|thumb|right|450px|Map of the Caspian and Aral sea, yellow shading indicates Caspian drainage basin]] ...the [[Turan Depression]]. In Azerbaijan, the [[Kura-Aras Lowland]] is part of the Aral–Caspian Depression.

...n infrastructure does not correspond economically to the current logistics of Russian and foreign trade. ...mprove the transport performance in the Caspian region, including southern Russia.

|basin_countries = [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]], [[Turkmenistan]] |islands = [[:Category:Islands of the Caspian Sea|26+]]

...a record of geodynamic processes during one of the most important episodes of [[continent]]al growth in [[Phanerozoic]] time. ...outhern Siberia south of [[Lake Baikal]], and in the Far East of China and Russia.

...; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.</ref> ...ormation of the northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 53 (2) 168-175. http://cjes.geoscienceworld.org/content/53/2

...District|relief=1|float=right|width=300|caption=Selection of [[outcrop]]s of the Timanide Orogen.|places= {{Location map~|Russia Northwestern Federal District|lat=70.483611 |long=29.540556 |label=[[Varang

...] makes up the [[East European Craton]]. Volgo–Uralia is the easternmost of the three segments and borders the Sarmatian Craton to the southwest along {{Geology of Europe}}

| image_caption = A pair of ''Macroolithus yaotunensis'' eggs ...nests consist of large, concentric rings of paired eggs. There is evidence of blue-green pigmentation in its shell, which may have helped camouflage the

...085/Lake-Zaysan]</ref> thus, in some sources the lake is indicated as part of an artificial reservoir.<ref>''Soviet Encyclopedic Dictionary, Moscow'', 19 ...icial reservoirs cover large surrounding areas. Modern geological analysis of the entire field, apparently, supports an exceptionally old age for Lake Za

|caption_bathymetry = Map of the Lake Balkhash drainage basin ...(meteorology)|precipitation]], largely vernal snowmelt, from the mountains of China's [[Xinjiang]] region.

|image_caption = Aralkum with the remaining areas of the Aral Sea in 2014 |geology =

| photo_caption = Satellite photograph of the Dzungarian Gate, the pale, [[fault-line]]d valley running between [[Lak | map_caption = The Dzungarian Gate in Kazakhstan on the border of China.

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...village of Lower [[Ufaley]]) to the [[Ural River]]. From the west and east of the Southern Ural is limited to the [[East European]], [[West Siberian Plai ...hills of the Southern Ural extends up to 250&nbsp;km with an average width of the Ural Mountains from 40 to 150&nbsp;km.

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...ve under the European plate. This event was the last stage in the assembly of [[Pangaea]].{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} ...rthwest [[Kazakhstan]]. Its total length is about {{convert|3500|km|mi}}, of which the Ural Mountains are about {{convert|2500|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>[htt

...-rus|хребет Пай-Хой}}) is a mountain range at the northern end of the [[Ural Mountains]]. It lies within the [[Nenets Autonomous Okrug]]. ...at Soviet Encyclopedia}}</ref> The ridge separates the [[drainage basin]]s of the [[Korotaikha River]] (west, Barents Sea) and the [[Kara River]] (east,

...volcanics as well as the sediments of the western continental margin zones of the Siberian craton ([[Angara Plate]]) on the north and the [[Kazakhstania| ...London, Memoirs'', 32, 83–95.</ref><ref>Victor N. Puchkov. The evolution of the Uralian orogen. ''Geological Society, London, Special Publications'', 2

| header = Ural regions in [[Russia]] | image1 = Map of Russia - Urals Federal District.svg

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|piccap=Map of the Altai mountain range ...99° E, where it gradually becomes lower and merges into the high plateau of the [[Gobi Desert]].

...Mountains]], [[Siberia]], south of the modern city of [[Novosibirsk]], [[Russia]]; the site is close to the borders with [[China]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Mo ...wider [[Pazyryk culture]]. The site is included in the [[Golden Mountains of Altai]] [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web

...of the [[Siberian Ice Maiden|Ice Maiden]] [[mummy]] which is now the focus of an [[ethnic group|ethnic]] [[politics|political]] debate between Russian sc [[File:Mummy of the Ukok Princess.jpg|thumb|[[Siberian Ice Maiden]] [[mummy]] - 5th century

[[Image:Mummy of the Ukok Princess.jpg|thumb|200px|Mummy of the [[Siberian Ice Maiden]]]] ...vironment.org/article.php?list=type&type=83 |title=Altai: Saving the Pearl of Siberia

| caption = Anna Yevdokimova <br />([[Saint Petersburg]], Russia) ...oviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]]) – a Russian pianist, [[laureate]] of the All-Russian and International [[chamber music]] and [[Piano duet|piano-

...ry of [[Gazprom]]. Kazakhgas took over operatorship after the independence of Kazakhstan in 1992. In 1992, [[AGIP]] (now [[Eni]]) and the then [[British | work=US Department of State

| location_map_text = Location of the Tengiz Field on the coast of Caspian Sea ...orthwestern [[Kazakhstan]]'s low-lying wetlands along the northeast shores of the [[Caspian Sea]]. It covers a {{convert|2500|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} project l